Its story

HIP 12818 has a visual magnitude of about 8.05: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12818: right ascension 2h 44m 47s, declination +45° 35′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12818. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12818, HD 16979, Gaia DR3 340863997774064640. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.